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I WILL be doing this. Don’t know when… but imma get it done lol.

Now it’s your turn! Show us what your MC’s daily routine looks like using this template!

Don’t forget to tag us at #touchstarvedgame we’ll be RTing some of our favorites!

Download the Template Here! ➡ https://www.redspring.studio/media

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Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate (不恋爱就完蛋了)

Release date (Windows, Steam) Chinese and English: April 19th, 2025

"You’re entering your junior year of college. Your first two years went by quickly— You were an average college student, living an average college life. However, after almost getting hit by a car, you meet a mysterious woman who says you’ll die if you don’t find your soulmate soon! Now you have to juggle school, work, and your impending doom?!

Fate works in mysterious ways. You bump into your childhood best friend who you haven’t seen in years. Your friend’s sister takes a keen interest in you. The senior you occasionally bump into helps you get an internship. And even the CEO at your new job seems to have her eyes on you…

Who will be your soulmate, and who holds a hidden vendetta against you? In this twisted, passionate game of emotions, what will come to light? Love, possessiveness, manipulation, and obsession swirl together… Will you discover the truth behind it all?"

This is a commercial yuri visual novel by Xso! You can buy it from Steam here.

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Announcing: The Step 1 voice actors for the roles of Qiu, Tamarack, Ren, and Baxter! 👏

We want to sincerely thank all who auditioned. It was such a blast to hear so many renditions of these Golden Grove icons!

With that being said, we are honored to celebrate the following cast actors:

TAMARACK BAUMANN: Ariel Graham

Website: arielgrahamvo.com

Twitter: https://x.com/Super_Geek_Girl

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/supergeekgirl.bsky.social

QIU LIN: Emily Sun

Website: https://emilysunvo.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/emilysunnyville

Instagram: https://instagram.com/emilysunnyville

Twitch: https://twitch.tv/emilysunnyville

REN MURRAY: Willow Engel

Twitter: @WillPowerEngel

BlueSky: @willpowerengel.bsky.social

Website: WillEngelVO.com

BAXTER WARD: Cody Stevens

Website: https://yasgedtesting.my.canva.site/codystevensvoartist

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Yay!! Finally found a 2025 art challenge I can participate in for like... a weekish, lol. Excited, nevertheless!

💦🧜‍♀️ Hello! Welcome to my MerMay for 2025! 🧜‍♂️💦

Another MerMay prompt list? You might be asking this and the answer is YES. 🤗 Why?

I personally would like an annual 31 day MerMay prompt list clearly open to all content creators across all fandoms for *almost* any ship featured here on Tumblr with an AO3 Collection !

My inspiration? Basically how @flufftober and @whumptober run their events! We MerMay lovers deserve that kind of commitment to our trope too! 😉 It's mentioned enough around the fandom world we should. I'm definitely ready for it!

You can find all the important information and the prompt list for 2025 below!

First ➡️ Please do take the time to read our Standard Blog Rules found HERE!

We hope you enjoy our prompt list this year and have fun creating any ideas it sparks! 🥲

🌊 MerMay 2025 Prompts: 🌊

1. Wishes

2. Cove

3. Inheritance

4. Abandoned

5. Jewelry

6. Mariana Trench

7. Sunbathing

8. Secret Relationship

9. Myths

10. Stream

11. Otters

12. Music

13. Stargazing

14. Tsunami

15. Experiment

16. "You're safe, I swear!"

17. Ancient Artifact

18. Confessions

19. Smooth/Rough

20. Ice Shelf

21. Drawing

22. Submerged City

23. Misunderstanding

24. Bright Colors

25. Feast

26. Platonic

27. Predator

28. Glowing

29. Shadows

30. Healing

31. FREE

👙💦 Are you unsure how you can participate? Check out the FAQ post HERE and hopefully I've covered most things, but feel free to ask if you still have questions! 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️

MerMay 2025 AO3 Collection

🐚 Please remember to tag and MENTION (@) us when posting to Tumblr so we can reblog your MerMay content! 👩‍💻

Happy creating! 💙

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What do you think the Touchstarved Characters would do if you tried to leave Eridia pre/post and established relationship or just as friends?

IF YOU TRIED TO LEAVE (TOUCHSTARVED X GN!READER)

Summary: Pre/Post-Relationship HC for if you tried to leave Eridia.

TW: Mentions of NSFW, violence, manipulation and heavy angst.

A/N: First request yippeeee! This was a lot of fun to think about, thank you so much for this request!

Vere; 𓍯𓂃𓏧♡

Pre-Relationship:

♡ "Can't take the heat, darling?"

♡ He'll think your weak for not wanting to stick around a place crawling with thieves and monsters and people like him.

♡ Prepare for the snidest waggle goodbye of his fingers, perhaps he'll even wipe a tear or two away from his eyes like a lover going off to war.

♡ Asshole.

♡ The only way he'd ever stop you from leaving is if you've left quite an impression on him, leaving him curious enough to want you to stay.

♡ 50 percent change he'd let you go.

Post-Relationship:

♡ At first, he'd likely think you weren't being serious, or this was some sort of test to see how he'd react to the possibility of you leaving him.

♡ He'd sneer and tease you, oh, did you really think i'd get on my knees and beg for you?

♡ I mean, he's finally decided to give you the time of day, why would you give that up now?

♡ Then he'd realize you were intent on this, perhaps already in the motion of trying to leave Eridia, leave him.

♡ Desperation would well in him, he's gotten close to you; gotten attached despite himself, despite swearing he'd never love a human.

♡ He wouldn't want to show how desperate he is, instead he'd try to fuck you for a distraction-- his tail running up your back and leg a little more needily than normal.

♡ If you still push him away, intent on leaving him to return to whatever you're trying to get to outside the city walls.

♡ He'd blow up.

♡ Anger would be used to hide the crushing pain of betrayal and abandonment, the tantrum he'd throw would be destructive in his whirlwind of emotions.

♡ He'd have the temperament of a god being told no for the first time, because that's exactly what's happening.

♡ He'd blame everything and everybody else except for himself that you're leaving, perhaps even going on a rampage on the first plausible thing or person that's taking you away.

♡ 10 percent chance he'd let you go.

Ais; 𓍯𓂃𓏧♡

Pre-Relationship:

♡ In a way he's kind of glad.

♡ Leaving the city would mean you chose not to drink from the spring, saving you from the hive-mind.

♡ Of course he's disappointed that you're leaving, he was just starting to get to know you after all.

♡ But he'd let you go- it's your choice after all, and he doesn't exactly blame you for not wanting to stay in a cesspit like Eridia.

♡He'll even lend you a soulless on your journey through the wastelands, enough to ensure a safe destination and so his perfect pet can tell him exactly where you went.

♡ 90 percent chance he'd let you go.

Post-Relationship:

♡ At least somewhat more level-headed than Vere and Leander (though not by much).

♡ He'd ask why, why is his sparrow trying to fly free when the cage he's offered has anything you could want or need?

♡ He'd assume it was someone driving you away, someone hurting you until you felt the need to flee, naturally he'd offer to beat the shit out of anyone who's threatened his sparrow.

♡ If that isn't the case or simply doesn't work, then he'd finally crumble.

♡ He wouldn't blow up at you, but he might punch the wall in frustration; gritting his teeth to try and clench back the tears stinging at his eyes.

♡ He doesn't want to look weak, especially not now.

♡ 70 percent chance he'd let you go.

Leander; 𓍯𓂃𓏧♡

Pre-Relationship:

♡ Oh, you really think you'd get to leave?

♡ Silly, silly little thing.

♡ The moment he catches any sort of whiff of the idea of you leaving, likely from the bloodhound's constant rumor mill that always flows back towards him he doesn't like to be left out it wouldn't take long.

♡ He'd be 'casual' about it, he'd likely not even bring it up; the bigger his reaction the less likely you are to trust him.

♡ But oh, look at this! what a promising lead, something almost game-changing when it comes to the never-ending search for a cure.

♡ Isn't that just so coincidental? that he'd dangle something so tempting in front of your eyes, now what was that about leaving, again?

♡ 10 percent chance he'd let you go.

Post-Relationship:

♡ Ơ̷͍̞̤̟͎͔͔̍̈́͊͋̉ḫ̷͍͋̉̒̍̀̈́̏,̴͍͍́́̌͂̽͠ ̶̼͕͉̭̪̞̦̋̿̆̋̈̓ỹ̴̢͇͎̥͈̋̉͗̓̍͛͒̚ó̷̹̺̹̂̓͜ů̸͉ ̸̼̰̘̹͙̞̊̌r̵͕̤̗̔̉̋̂͊̂̏̂̕̚e̴̛͖̭̽̋̏̐̅̈́͋͝͝ǎ̴̹̻̥͙̪̝̮̈́̏̑̾̕ͅͅl̷̼̳̺̱̹̦̼̊̋̓̈́́̒́̕ĺ̶̜̒̐̐̉̚y̷̩̻͓̝̓͑̀̀ ̸̘̩̩̲̳̬͂̾ͅt̴̛̹̜͇͈̳̦̗̳̏͂̏̂h̷̨̛̜̪͓̩͚̟͕͒̃́͋̀̿͜i̸̲̯͍̼̒͊͐̽̅̈̃̈́̄̀ͅn̸̡͚̖͍̳̭̼͍̜̦̉̋͒͑̀̀̾͠k̷̩̲͗̈̋̉͆̔ ̶̨̯̘͍̓̔͑̒̾̂̀̾͝͝ȳ̴̨̛͚̺͙͚͖̪̯̠̖̋͋̓̋̐ö̴̡̤̯͖̰́͊͑̍͑ų̴̛͕̪̊̇͘͠͝'̸͖̣̑̋̿͛̍̅̂͗̌ͅd̵̞̘͍̗̗̳̅̄̆̍̈́͛̓͑̓͜ͅ ̶̨̛̲̪͋̓͊̉́͛̊̚g̸̡̪͇̣̥͔̹̥̿̏̐̈́̋̏͜ę̶̹̗̼͚̣̼͚̓̿̐̾͒̒͂̒̕ţ̶̱̺̫̱̗͖̤̏̎͐́̊̓̀̕͝ ̶̨̨̰̫̦̟̮̥̲͋̈̔̈́́͑͋́̊t̴̛̥͎͇̰͊͌͗̀̑̉̕͘͜͝o̸̻͉͎̎̅͆́͗̐̾ ̷͔͓͇̮̺̣͓̭̺̮̑̒̿̈́l̸̮̗̮̥̤̈́̇̀̃́̕ḛ̴̡͍͚͓̻̱́͑̐̋̈́̄͌͘͠ą̶͎̫͖̙̟̩͙̊͋͐͊̈́̑͑ͅv̴͓͖̰̘̣͓̎͋̾̔͛ȇ̷̦̑̓̅̽̋͐̃̕͝?̵̧̙͈͍̮̌͆͋͐

♡ Yeah, good luck with that, it'd be easier fighting a soulless with your arms torn off than to ever convince him.

♡ This time he'd be forced to confront you about it, about why you'd ever want to leave someone who's been so kind, so perfect to you.

♡ His desperation would start to slip through, the oh-so-promising lead he'd dangle in front of you feeling far more forced than before.

♡ You might even wonder why he hadn't told you before, if he'd made such a breakthrough.

♡ His perfect facade would start to crack and crumble at the floor beneath your feet, the floor he'd sink to his knees to as he embraced your legs.

♡ It'd be a sad, pathetic sight.

♡ A grown man sniffling and begging for you not to leave him, to leave us in pursuit of whatever trivial thing you're leaving to find.

♡ Don't you just feel so bad for him? how could you do this to someone who's given you so much, and asked for so very little in return?

♡ At least verbally.

♡ His face would be red as he crawled towards you with a needy, distressed look in his eyes, practically clawing against you like a dog.

♡ He'd also try to distract you with sex, try to show you how amazing being with him could feel if you just stay, practically humping against your leg as he looks up at you.

♡ 0̸̠͌̒́͌͛̈̍ per̵cȅ̷̺͍̠͎̇͝n̴͐̑t̸͆͘ chance he'd let you go.

Mhin; 𓍯𓂃𓏧♡

Pre-Relationship:

♡ It was to be expected, they'd reason to themself.

♡ They're far from surprised, but far less judgmental than Vere; they've seen the horrors that go on in Eridia firsthand and not everybody has the guts to deal with it.

♡ Which they aren't afraid to say to your face, they never believed someone like you could take it.

♡ So mean.

♡ It's likely they won't even bother to say goodbye, or offer any sort of well-wishes for wherever you're heading next.

♡ 100 percent chance they'd let you go.

Post-Relationship:

♡ Poor things been burned by love so many times, they'd feel foolish for expecting this time to be any different.

♡ Their icy walls would shoot back up the moment you told them, enough that if you couldn't read them well at that point; you might assume they didn't care.

♡ But the clench of their jaw and the way they avoid eye-contact like it'll burn them is enough of a telltale sign.

♡ They don't even want to hear the reason why you're choosing to leave, their only thought is to just get out of there.

♡ The last thing they want is for you to see them vulnerable any more times than you already have, they've already been shoved away.

♡ And if their curse has anything to do with their emotional state, for your own safety it might be good to let them melt a bit more.

♡ When you do get the chance to talk to them, they'll ask why, what was the point of toying with them like this if only to leave?

♡ If it's the fault of someone else, you could already see their hand tightening around the delicate handle of their blade.

♡ But if it isn't, they'll growl you off, the anger in their eyes would be used to hide the wetness of tears.

♡ Better to pretend like you don't want something, than to admit you can't have it, little dove.

♡ 90 percent chance they'd let you go.

Kuras; 𓍯𓂃𓏧♡

Pre-Relationship:

♡ "I'd strongly advise against that."

♡ He's genuinely baffled on why you'd ever want to leave Eridia, especially after everything it took to get you here in the first place.

♡ He doesn't understand human emotions, leading him to think only logically about your situation; Eridia is your highest chance of finding a cure to your curse, why ever would you wish to give that up?

♡ But your choice is your choice, and he'll respect that despite his own reservations.

♡ He'll even go as far as to extend some help along with a goodbye, perhaps something to help you on whatever journey you're going on.

♡ On a more selfish note, he'd be disappointed at the loss of opportunity when it comes to studying you, as he said, it's rare to come across such a fascinating patient.

♡ 90 percent chance he'd let you go.

Post-Relationship:

♡ At first I think he'd simply not grasp what you were saying to him, not because he is dumb by any means-- but he just couldn't comprehend what you were saying.

♡ I mean, do you not have what you wish? he has chosen to return your affections and start a mortal relationship.

♡ At first, he'd suspect something else was at play, ever the analysis angel that he is.

♡ He'd gently grasp at your arms, his voice going soft and sad as he tried to softly coax the answer out of you, prying at you for every reason you'd want to leave.

♡ He might even lower to his knees, enough to make the concerned droop of his eyes almost unavoidable no matter where you look.

♡ He'd be relentless for answers, trying to find some kind of logic behind your reason, something he can solve to get you to stay.

♡ Due to his lack of empathy, he might even dismiss any problems you have that're causing you to leave, they might seem insignificant to him.

♡ He'd be crushed if you still left, even if he wouldn't force you.

♡ He'd find any sort of reason to blame himself, of course you wouldn't want to stay with a monster like him, irradeemable.

♡ But that wouldn't stop him from hovering around you every step of the way, begging and pleading for you to reconsider, offering you anything and everything you could want or need.

♡ But he wouldn't force you to stop, he'd never lay his disgusting, inhumane hands on your perfect flesh.

♡ 80 percent chance he'd let you go.

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We love your MCs! They truly keep the team going as we continue to sink in game dev🙏

Share any completed MC templates in the replies below or tag us at #touchstarvedgame so we can share them over the next few days!

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For later reference... O_O

Reference Sheet

For my own ease of use, I'm compiling all of the infographics about the main five Redspring has posted so far into one place, and I've decided to share.

Character Bios

Relationship Charts

Character Bios pt 2/Monster Silhouettes

Flowers

Character Lore

Stat Charts

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Eeeeee!!! I feel like I’m being spoiled!! ☺️

I’m about to put myself in mortal peril for Kuras

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yes they're bubble baths and yes you are invited 🛁

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Find Your True Love in Cupid's Chatroom, 18+ Dating Sim, Now Live on Kickstarter

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Omg this is sooo cute 🥹😭😭

It would be so fun to have a template version of this for OCs! 😁😉

Have you ever wondered what the characters do every day? Now's your chance to find out!

Mhin works so hard because they have family to feed 🐟

What do you think the other characters get up to? 💭 Let us know your guesses below!

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Beautiful artwork!

why seek paradise? it is before me now

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Touchstarved VN | OC Radial Chart

Roll some dice if Serendipity ever pulls you aside to whisper something in your ear. Her words are as certain as a gamble.

Should she ever stare into your eyes as she speaks to you, her smile faint or, for once, touching her eyes --heed her words, as they are, for once, the honest truth.

BEKJBKFDWBLHAHIEIHWW HELLO EVERYBODY LONG TIME NO SEE!!!!!

TOUCHSTARVED FINALLY GOT A DEMO UPDATE NOT TOO LONG AGO!! FHWHP;HJPWEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I'm quite happy about it, as you can tell. In fact, I've already played through most of the new content and will eventually play out the rest soon. Anywho!

Upon playing the game again, I got the inkling to revisit my semi-abandoned (lol not really, but it feels that way!) Unnamed!OC, (Ex?) Priestess, Serendipity!

Drawing the radial chart was fun, but in all honesty, I found myself kinda struggling to get started AND to keep going at various points throughout the whole process. I think I just had a bit of a hard time thinking of how to convey her personality through her clothing, especially because I like to change her outfit a lot, but I also had difficulty writing her blurb and filling out the radial chart.

I just kept thinking: "Hmmm... this OC is kinda OP-ish in my mind, but I know that in a fanon-canon universe, she wouldn't be THAT OP (at all), soooo... I can't make her too strong or charming." BUT!!! On the other hand, I was just like: "Then again, she's a priest pursuing some kind of solution, if not cure to her horrible curse so she can return to her temple and publicly philosophize again! She's literally the type to use her philosophizing to her advantage (i.e. charisma) and brute-force her way through if all else fails (strength)! So... she can't be especially weak or uncharismatic, either..."

Ultimately, I went with my intuition and just gave her the stats I gave her. I still tried to keep a sense of flaw/genuine imperfection by making one of her stats "Honesty," soooo... yeah. She's got a 0.5, y'all. Not even a full point! LMBO. Do with that what you will... and trust her at your own risk.

Anywho, I hope you guys like it, and I hope the TS community can come back to life a bit with this new update! We still have many, many, MANY more months before the game comes out (I think it's coming out this year... I think), and dammit --I need some more Kuras and/or Mhin x Reader fanfics STAT!!! Lol. I may eventually add to that pool myself, IDK --we'll see where the wind takes me. That said, enjoy the art, everyone!!

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*CRIES IN LÁZARO STAN*

YES YES YES YES YES 🤩🤩🥹

Y'all Lázaro stans are going to enjoy a bunch of extra content of them in the extended demo... 👀👀

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Updated the pinz design because i had beef with the previous design + i was told it would be better to give tam and qiu a pan flag.

They are still on precomand until march 1 and you can find them…. Here :D

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It sucks that game devs have to constantly reiterate their boundaries to so-called "fans" to begin with.

If a game isn't being presented as a spicy/NSFW/18+ kind of game, please don't try to pressure the dev team --which in some cases can be just a single person, mind you! -- into making the kind of game you want. Bc like... it's not always about you 🤨 As they say: if what you're looking for isn't out there... make it yourself??

Maybe ppl will respect indie game devs more if they only understood how freaking difficult it is to make a game. Shit's not easy. It takes so much time; effort; on-the-spot-learning and troubleshooting; trial and tribulation; MONEY --often coming out of the game dev's own pocket(s) at that!! -- and so, so, so much more, like... shit's not for the weak-willed.

I would absolutely hate to see more wonderful game devs ultimately abandoning their projects in the end bc of rabid "fans" demanding features/storylines the dev(s) never intended to make to begin with, especially after the creator of Homicipher quit (at least for the time being) after being harassed by selfish, self-centered "fans" in a similar fashion. I'd simply hate to see other game devs quitting for the same reasons (which I believe is easier said than done, bc being pressured by dozens of people to do things you don't wanna do can be difficult to resist sometimes).

Anywho, I guess TLDR: YES to what the KLEIN v.01 dev(s) said!

with this i also want to address some comments/asks i've been getting, please do not repeatedly ask for sexual content to be added in the game. "it's a yandere game so why it's not added" frankly is a bit of a ridiculous standard. i have been saying it was a very very tentative thing and that if it were to be added, it'll be an entirely different build, but now it is a definite no because i'm really never comfortable in creating explicitly sexual content anywhere at all, and i don't want to push any of my own boundaries! however you are free to make your own, i'm never against my characters being portrayed in a sexual manner, please just tag it appropriately and that you are an adult sharing it :3 thank you for reading, and supporting the game !

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“And You... Shall Be Mine”

Little animatic I made for my (Ex(?)-) Priestess/Unnamed!MC (more like OC), Serendipity!!

It's been waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy too long since I last drew that girl, lol. Plus, this is the first time I believe where I've actually made like... real OC lore!

This scene happens well before Serendipity's heartwrenching (from her POV) dismissal as a "fraud" from her old temple. There, the people of that modest city got to enjoy all kinds of benefits courtesy of the High Prietess's temple, and some of those benefits were public education for the locals and housing for the homeless.

One of those locals who got to enjoy free education and boarding arrangements is an abandoned child found near the ruins of Lovent during one of Serendipity's travels --the lost and jaded Miriam, who fits snugly into the Hound!Route/archetype (but, given that she is still canonically a child outside of the events of this memory, I imagine her as strictly a Hound archetype rather than an OC pursuing the Hound route (hope that makes sense lol)).

Miriam has been in Serendipity's care ever since, and yes, she followed the Priestess on her treacherous journey to Eridia for a cure --much to Serendipity and her attendant's dismay (Alchemist!OC, soon to be introduced probably lol).

Miriam often acts like a somewhat bratty teenager, but it's soooo obvious how much she loves her adoptive mother-figure. She wonders a lot about where she'd be if Serendipity hadn't found and swept the girl under her wing. Miriam figures she'd likely have ended up disappearing like all those other folks who find themselves treading through the ruins of Lovent...

When her mind gets dark like this, Miriam thinks of Serendipity --especially some of their most tender moments together.